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Blog posts from March 2015

How can you spend more time asking for support and less time writing proposals? Here are five strategies to streamline your foundation fundraising program and ensure that you spend your time as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Does your nonprofit suffer from an inability to consistently articulate their organization's value? An unclear or inconsistent message about your work makes it difficult to solicit funding. A well-crafted case for support should precede any fundraising and communications planning.

This month, we would like to know: How many of you work with economically disadvantaged populations? Read on to take our Quick Poll now through March 27 and see a list of top foundation givers to programs that serve low-income people.

You are one person operating with limited resources. Your time will be better spent, and your organization better served, if you can do a handful of important tasks well, rather than fruitlessly attempting to juggle a thousand things at once.

Setting up an effective major gifts program in your institution may be a challenge, but there’s no reason for it to seem impossible. Here are four myths that Armando dispelled with ample humor at Foundation Center San Francisco’s Open House last month.

Did you know you’re 85 percent on your way to securing a gift if you can get your prospect to agree to a visit? The hardest part of fundraising is getting the visit. Here are some specific tips that will help you get in the door from coach and consultant Claire Axelrad.

Vodafone Americas Foundation's Seventh Annual Wireless Innovation Project is a competition to promote innovation and increase implementation of wireless related technology for a better world. Deadline for the current cycle has been extended to March 5.